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		Rocket: Atlas 5 (AV-009) Payload: NROL-30 Date: June 15, 2007 Time: 11:12 a.m. EDT (1512 GMT) Site: Complex 41, Cape Canaveral, Florida Broadcast: Galaxy 25 (formerly IA5), Transponder 23, C-band, 97° West Mission Status Center Restricted hazard area Atlas 5 rocket info Cape's Complex 41 Atlas archive

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Launch of Atlas 5!
Posted: June 15, 2007

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off at 11:12 a.m. EDT from Complex 41 on a classified mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. These images were taken from the Kennedy Space Center Press Site northwest of the pad.

Photo credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now

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Photo credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now

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